Eye for garment-hooks.



UNITED STATES PATEN FFEQE.

LUTHER A. YEISER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYE FOR GARMENT-HOOKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER A. Ynrsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Eyes for Garment- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide an eyelet usually of what is known as the invisible type and particularly designed for use with any of the well known forms of garment hooks, which shall have its thread holding loops so constructed that they shall be capable of receiving and maintaining separate two distinct bodies of holding threads, with a view to more firmly maintaining the eyelet in position upon a arment, than has hitherto been accomplished.

I further desire to provide an eyelet whose constituent wire is so formed as ,to provide two thread loo s each sub-divided into two separate and istinct portions or compartments.

It is further desired to construct the thread 100 s of an eyelet in such manner that it sha 1 be a practical impossibility for the holding threads to escape from them, the construction being such that under conditions of use, there is no likelihood of the said loops being opened by undue strain so as to permit of the escape of the threads passing through them or of the distortion of the eyelet.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1, is a perspective view of an eyelet constructed according to my invention, Figs. 2 and 3, are respectively a plan and a side elevation of the eyelet shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4, is a side elevation of a special form of my invention.

In the above drawings the eyelet will be seen to consist of a single wire having a straight body portion a provided at each of its ends with a thread loop a. In order to form each of these loops the wire is bent near one end to form a closed loop ;the said end being brought under one end of the body portion of the eyelet, then bent upward and forwardly so as to substantially bisect said loop, this end portion dividing the loop as indicated at c Each extremity of the wire is preferably bent downwardly so as to be flush with the part of the wire forming the loop so that this end is completely protected and un- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1908.

Patented Jan. 26, 1969.

Serial No. 17,939.

der conditions of use does not project to catch or tear the threads or material.

By my construction it will be seen that the body portion a, of the eyelet is elevated, usually to a distance equal to the thickness of the wire, above the plane of the two thread loops. In some instances the wire may be flattened at the point where the end ortion a passes over and then under the em of the body portion 0,, as shown in Fig. 4, though in any case said end is arranged to divide the loop into two parts, so that its extremity is in contact with or immediately adjacent to the wire constituting the thread loop, thereby making it practically impossible for a thread in one loop to pass around said extremity into the other. By this construction it will be seen that any holding threads passed through either compartment of a loop can under no conditions escape from the loop, nor, as above noted, can they pass from one compartment to the other. Moreover, by virtue of the arrangement of the ends of the wire, the loops can not be 0 ened or pulled apart even though considera le stress be ap lied to them. It is therefore possible to ho (1 each end of the eyelet to a garment by two distinct bodies of thread, whereby it is maintained in a "fixed position without liability to become loosened or detached therefrom. By extending the extremity of the wire forming each thread loo around the end of the body of the eyelet ano then bringing this end across the thread loop so that 1t extends away from the body portion and finally terminates immediately adjacent to a part of said loop most distant from the body portion, 1 rovide a strong and compact structure w ich may be easily made and which fulfils to a high degree the requirements of this particular class of devices.

While I have shown the thread loops of my improved eyelet of an approximately circular form, it is obvious that without departing from my invention these loops may be given other forms.

I claim 1' 1. An eyelet for a garment hook consisting of a piece of wire having a body ortion and two thread loops, each end of tie wire passing from one of said loops around the end of the body portion, then being extended across said loop so as to divide the same into two compartments.

2. An eyelet for a garment hook consist- 0 loop in the general line of said body portion ing of a Wire bent to form a body portion and In testimony whereof, I have signed my two loops, each of the loops terminatin .int name'to thisspecificatiom inthe presence of 10 a portion bent around the adjacent en of two subscribing Witnesses.

the body portion and extending across-said LUTHER A YEISER so as to terminate immediately adjacent to Witnesses: a part of the loop relatively distant from the WiLLIAM E. BRADLEY, body portion. WM: A. BARR; 

